California Privacy Initiative Adds New Layer for Busy Litigators

New data privacy requirements in California’s recently enacted ballot initiative are likely to fuel additional litigation in the state, where attorneys were already testing the limits of a sweeping 2018 law.

The California Privacy Rights Act that the state’s voters approved earlier this month added more provisions, including enhanced penalties for violations involving children’s data and a new category for sensitive personal information. It also added email and password combinations to the narrow private right of action for breaches.

Lawyers have already been testing the limits of consumers’ ability to sue since the 2018 law, the California Consumer Privacy ...